hey folks. I am curious: does anyone read this? I have had a few comments, but if you’re out there, let me know. I would love to have an idea if there are more than 2 people reading this Today’s run, (which is supposed to be a Thursday run) went okay. I did 45 minutes [...]

Danny is careful when he explains speed workouts to me: “Don’t think speed, just think length and looseness and being relaxed…” That said: I went down to Carrier Park because it’s flat and today’s run is supposed to be accelerations on flats on pavement. Since the run I am doing is on pavement, I need [...]

Back in the saddle: Since my long run on Sunday was technically the last day of the 10 week training, I wasn’t sure what the next steps were. Danny and I spoke this morning, and here is the verdict for the next set of training (# of weeks TBD): Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday runs like [...]

Today was my first 10 run. Not ten miles (though close), but 10 on the infamous scale. Really, it was incredible. I think the mapmyrun.com version isn’t quite as much distance as I ran, but it might be my happiness/ego getting in the way. I was supposed to do 1:45 hrs, but only did 1:33 [...]

No, i wasn’t clobbered by a big slobbering dog today at the track: I was the slobbering dog. Skipped the track yesterday cause work had me at the office till too late… if I had gone I would have been running in the dark, which I don’t want to do… So, I decided to head [...]

Since we ran the race in Hickory yesterday, we decided to stay in Morganton instead of going back to Asheville (click here to see the locations of these towns if you wish). I had a hard time deciding if/when I was going to run today, but once I got my clothes on and figured an [...]

We did a nice little 5K run today to benefit the local chapter of the Susan G. Komen Foundation. My grandmother passed away in 2003, after a long 5 year battle with breast cancer. I ran today in her honor. It was a good run, a bit hillier than I anticipated, and much colder! We [...]

it’s Friday, not Thursday, and even though I was supposed to do a 60 min form run, I only ran for 25 minutes: Ivan and I are running in a 5k tomorrrow, and even though it’s not a big deal, I didn’t want to overdo it and then also have my long run on Sunday, [...]

In a recent New York Times article about the dangers of overtraining, the author told the story of a 15-year-old high school runner who became a victim of overtraining. He was running more miles in his training while running increasingly slower times in his races (1500m). The author quotes a doctor who has written about the ...

so it’s a day late but hardly a dollar short. It’s been freakishly warm here the last couple days and yesterday was no exception… and since you all know how much i relish running in warm weather, i decided to forego the track workout yesterday and went this morning instead… 6.30 came early and i [...]